EXHIBIT 24

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING
OBLIGATIONS

	Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby
makes, constitutes and appoints Jane H. Hollingsworth, Cornelius H. Lansing
II, Mark K. Brunhofer, James W. McKenzie, Jr. and Michael N. Peterson, and
each of them, each with power to appoint his/her substitute, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power and
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned to:

		(1)  prepare, execute, acknowledge,
deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with
respect to the securities of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

		(2)  seek or
obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any
third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact and approves and
ratifies any such release of information; and

		(3)  perform any and
all other acts which in the discretion of such attorneys-in-fact are
necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection
with the foregoing.

	The undersigned acknowledges that:

		(1)
this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorneys-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to
such attorneys-in-fact without independent verification of such
information;

		(2)  any documents prepared and/or executed by such
attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited
Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information
and disclosure as such attorneys-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems
necessary or desirable;

		(3)  neither the Company nor such
attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's
responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for
profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

		(4)
this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and
grants the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorneys-in-fact of,
for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Limited Power of
Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorneys-in-fact.


	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 20th day of July, 2004.


/s/ Winston J. Churchill